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VISICOM SERVICES FORMS PARTNERSHIP WITH NETSCREEN TECHNOLOGIES

Rochester Hills, Mich. - September 21, 2001

VisiCom Services, Inc. announced today that it has formed a partnership with NetScreen Technologies, a key player in the network firewall/VPN market. VisiCom Services, a professional computer network services firm, is one of less than 10 companies in Michigan to be selected as a NetScreen partner firm.

By forming this alliance, VisiCom can now offer very targeted security solutions for all of its clients; smaller firms, as well as larger companies with high-performance enterprise networks, will benefit.  As a NetScreen partner, VisiCom is able to provide high-end security products and services that are backed by support and certification from NetScreen. 

NetScreen follows a stringent partner selections process that carefully examines the technical expertise and financial strength of a candidate before awarding a partnership.  

“NetScreen brings a unique combination of attributes, including superior performance and competitive pricing, to the VisiCom family of technology partners,” said Patrick Casey, president of VisiCom Services.  “We are very proud and excited about this new partnership.”

Founded in 1994, VisiCom Services offers Fortune 1000 as well as young, growing businesses a complete range of professional network services, from server upgrades to enterprise security consulting.  Client engagements cover the whole networking lifecycle, including needs assessment, network design, routing and switching, disaster prevention and recovery, emergency response, and preventative maintenance.  VisiCom’s exceptionally experienced technical team has high-level certification from Microsoft, Cisco and Novell.  VisiCom has maintained an average annual growth rate of 70 percent per year over the past five years.  For more information, visit www.visicomsvc.com or contact Brendy Barr at 248-299-4651 or by email at brendy@barrcommunications.com